Well bris won that without leaving 2nd gear. Cannot be to critical as we just don't have the enough experience in the right areas to trouble a good team. Squad is way to thin.

That said we don't execute well. 1st half lose lineout way over thrown, lost scrum and grubber to nobody in the bris 22. Far to many in the ruck, we never had any options so kick very poorly when bris were set. They committed less and had numbers, dummy runners and better hands. There 6 and 15 were a class above anything else on the pitch. The 10 kick well too. They kicked out of hand after a few phases and behind us when we were not set.

Good to see burdon back. Homer Davies burdon Lucock backline will have more balance.

Without the nounce you cannot get enough good ball and play in the right areas. Expected to still disappointed. One on one tackles were pi$$ poor too.

With this seasons aspirations and squad I don't think you can take a measure from this game.
No excuses we were really poor at times but the same combinations never take the field for more than a game. When you go into a season with a micro thin squad wishing for no injuries its gonna bite you.

With the disparity between the teams in experience and lest we forget international experience the result was to be expected.
As Leeming said , This is us at the moment.
That said some of the tackling was poor but then some of their players were very good.
My major cripe of the evening was Ollie Stedman who spent most of the night castigating his fellow players with a series of finger pointing and verbals. The red mist descended and he set off to illegally demolish the Bristol 6 and was lucky not to get a yellow card. If he channelled his efforts and stopped throwing the toys out of the pram when things are not going well it would be better for everyone.

We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment.
We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals.
We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards.
If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing
abuse@sportnetwork.net